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<h1>About documents and dashboards</h1>
<p>A MicroStrategy Report Services document displays data coming from multiple 
 reports, with the data laid out and designed in presentation-quality format. 
 Most data on a document is from one or more underlying datasets. A dataset 
 is a standard MicroStrategy report. Other document components that do 
 not originate from the dataset, such as static text used for a title or 
 heading, page numbers, and images, are added by the document's designer 
 and are stored in the document's definition.</p>
<p>A dashboard is a special type of document. A dashboard is commonly only 
 one page long, is intended to be viewed online, and usually provides interactive 
 features that let analysts change how they view the dashboard&rsquo;s 
 data, as well as what data they are viewing.</p>
<p>You must have the MicroStrategy Report Services product to view and 
 create documents and dashboards.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: HTML documents are different 
 than (Report Services) documents in MicroStrategy. An HTML document is 
 an HTML shell into which you can place MicroStrategy reports and other 
 graphics, and control the formatting and appearance with style sheets. 
 The term document signifies a Report Services document. For information 
 about HTML documents, see 
<a HREF="HTML_documents.htm">Working with HTML 
 documents</a>. </p>
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<a HREF="Opening_and_viewing_documents.htm">Opening 
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<a HREF="Choosing_a_display_mode.htm">Choosing a display 
 mode: Design, Editable, Flash, Interactive, and View</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="Switching_views_quickly.htm">Quickly switching 
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<a HREF="Run_prompted_documents.htm">Running prompted 
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<a HREF="Document_layout.htm">Document layout: Document 
 Editor</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="Interactive_Mode.htm">Analyzing documents in 
 Interactive Mode</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="Analyze_docs_View_Mode.htm">Analyzing documents 
 in View Mode</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="Flash_Mode.htm">Working with documents in Flash 
 Mode</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="Drilling_on_a_document.htm">Drilling on a document</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="HTML_documents.htm">Working with HTML documents</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="Saving_documents.htm">Saving documents</a></p></li>
	
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<a HREF="Export_a_document.htm">Exporting a document</a></p></li>
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